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| Inflammation of the urtehra |
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| Inflammation of the bladder |
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- Most common type of UTI
- Spreads from urethra to bladder
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- Inflammation of the prostate
- Normally happens when males have UTI
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- E. coli
- Proteus mirabilis
- Klebsiella pneumoiae
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| UTI spreads up to the kidneys |
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- Amoxicillin
- Trimethoprim
- Quinolones
- Sulfonamides
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- Caused by Leptospira interrogans
- Infectious disease that affects the liver and kidneys in both humans and some animals
- Bacteria live within the covoluted tbubules of the kidney and shed into the urine
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| Accounts for 1/3 of bacterial vaginitis cases |
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- Large flagellate with four anterior flagella
- Infects urogenital tract
- 5.5 to 6.0 is optimum pH
- Symptoms:
- Intense itching and white discharge
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- Treated by appication of metronidazole (Flagyl), which restores vaginal pH
- Vinegar douche is also effective
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- Means "flow of seed"
- Pus discharge is mistaken for semen
- Discovered by Albert Neisser
- Gram-negative, spherical diplococcus (looks like coffee beans facing each other)
- SC is one of the worst states for gonorrhea
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- Causes syphillis
- SC is one of the worst but getting better
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| Incubation Stage of Syphilis |
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Definition
| Over a period of 2 to 6 weeks after entering the body |
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| Primary Stage of Syphilis |
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Definition
| An inflammatory response occuring three weeks after infection causes formation of a chancre (a painless sore) |
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| Primary Latent Period of Syphilis |
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| All external signs of the disease disappears but blood tests are positive |
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| Secondary Stage of Syphilis |
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| All symptoms can appear, disappear and reappear for a periof up to 5 years while patient is highly contagious |
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| Tertiary Stage of Syphilis |
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| Permanent damage occurs throughout various systems of the body |
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| Signs of Congenital Syphilis |
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- Hutchinson's teeth (notched central incisors)
- Saber shin (arching of the shin)
- Saddle nose (short, turned up nose)
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- Soft, painful chancres (lesions) which bleed easily and appear on the genitals 3-5 days after sexual exposure
- Burning sensation after urination
- 1/3 of patients get buboes (enlarged masses of lymphatic tissue on the groin)
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| Causes buboes, enlarged masses of lymphatic tissue on the groin |
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- E. coli
- Proteus mirabilis
- Other bacterial species
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- Dysuria (painful urination)
- Chronic cystitis (urinary bladder inflammation)
- Ascends or descends into urinary tract
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- E. coli
- Other bacterial species, sometimes Candida
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| Pyelonephritis Characteristics |
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- Inflammation of kidney pelvis
- Often caused by blockage
- Dysuria (painful urination)
- Nocturia (night-time urination)
- Fever
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| Bacterial Vaginitis Bacteria |
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Definition
Gardnerella vaginalis with anaerobes |
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| Bacterial Vaginitis Characteristics |
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Definition
- Frothy, fish smelling discharge
- Pain
- Inflammation
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| Trichomoniasis Characteristics |
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Definition
- Intense itching
- White discharge
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- Primary stage: chancres
- Secondary stage: mucous membrane lesions and rash
- Tertiary stage: permanent cardiovascular and neuro damage
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| Chancroid Characteristics |
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- Painful, bleeding lesions on genitals
- Ofent enlarged lymphatic buboes
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| Virus that Causes Herpes Simplex Infections |
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| Herpes Simplex Characteristics |
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- Fever blisters (HSV1)
- Genital herpes (HSV2)
- Recurrent and painful lesions
- Neonatal herpes
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| Virus that Causes Genital Warts |
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Definition
| Human Papillomavirus (HPV) |
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| Genital Warts Characteristics |
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- Warts
- Irritation and itching
- Causes 99% of all cervical cancer
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